Good morning, Whitewater
In the city today, at 6 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Planning Commission at the municipal building. The full agenda for the meeting is available online, and includes these, among other, items:
1. Call to order and roll call.
2. Hearing of Citizen Comments.
3. Approval of the minutes of the August 18, 2008 meeting and the September 15, 2008 meeting.
4. Reports:
a. Report from CDA Representative.
b. Report from Tree Commission Representative.
c. Report from Park and Recreation Board Representative.
d. Report from City Council Representative.
e. Report from the Downtown Whitewater Inc. Board Representative.
f. Report from staff.
g.Report from chair.
5. Hold a public hearing for consideration of a conditional use permit application for a home occupation (to make sheet metal duct work for heating and cooling installations) to be located at 460 W. Whitewater Street for Tom Germundson.
6. Review proposed extension of the SIP (Specific Implementation Plan) for the Mound Meadows Subdivision for Craig Pope.
(REZONING ITEM #7 WILL START AFTER 7:00 P.M.)
7. Hold a public hearing for consideration of a change in the District Zoning Map for the following area to rezone from R-1 (One Family Residence) Zoning District and R-2 (One and Two Family Residence) Zoning District to R-3 (Multi-family Residence) Zoning District, under Chapter 19.21 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Whitewater:
The following parcels, located along Tratt, Florence, and Prince Streets and Starin Road are requested to change to R-3:
8. Discussion of proposed changes to Whitewater Municipal Ordinance 19.51.080 Front and side yard parking limitations; and correction to 19.51.050 Size and location of parking spaces (Parking Ordinance).
9. Plan Commission Training discussion.
10. Discussion of Downtown signage changes.
11. Information:
a. Possible future agenda items.
b. Next Plan Commission meeting.
12. Adjourn.
In our schools, there will be a special meeting of the School Board at Central Office at 6:30 p.m., in executive session (not a public meeting) involving student disciplinary action.
The National Weather Service predicts that today will bring a 60% chance of showers, and a high temperature of 58 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac starts a new, multi-day series with a prediction that “colder and drier weather moves in.”
Last week’s better predictions: NWS, again. We had no squalls in Whitewater.
In Wisconsin History on this date, in 1856, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Frederick Douglass spoke in Beaver Dam: “On this date Frederick Douglass arrived in Beaver Dam and spoke about the brutality and immorality of slavery. His speech was also intended to generate support for the abolitionist movement in Dodge Co. and Wisconsin.”